Find out how popular the last name Alspuro is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Alspuro.

Alspuro, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Alspuro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alspuro in America

Alspuro is the 160975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alspuro surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Alspuro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Alspuro to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Alspuro

The surname Alspuro originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southern France during the early Middle Ages, likely emerging around the 9th or 10th century. It is derived from the Basque words "alu" meaning "forest" and "puru" meaning "pure" or "unspoiled," suggesting the name may have referred to someone who lived in an isolated, untouched forest area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Alspuro name appears in the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th-century manuscript from Santiago de Compostela, where a certain Lope de Alspuro is mentioned as a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago. This suggests the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

In the 13th century, a branch of the Alspuro family is believed to have migrated to the area around the town of Alava, in present-day Basque Country, Spain. The town's name may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation of the surname over time, as evidenced by the variant spelling "Alaspuro" found in some historical records from that region.

A notable figure bearing the Alspuro name was Juan de Alspuro, a 15th-century Basque sailor and explorer who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493. According to records, Juan de Alspuro was one of the first Europeans to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (modern-day Haiti and Dominican Republic).

In the 16th century, the Alspuro surname appears in records from the town of Tolosa, in the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. A prominent member of the family at that time was Martín de Alspuro (c.1520-1585), a wealthy merchant and landowner whose estate, known as the "Casa Torre Alspuro," still stands today as a historic landmark.

Another notable figure with the Alspuro surname was Ignacio de Alspuro (1642-1718), a Basque-born Jesuit priest and missionary who traveled to New Spain (present-day Mexico) in the late 17th century. He is credited with establishing several missions and churches in the region around what is now Monterrey, Mexico.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alspuro

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Alspuro.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Alspuro was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Alspuro has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Alspuro was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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